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Where do you think Grayson got her inspiration for the Dick Grayson-Tarantula relationship?

"I have my heroes, but no one knows their names"- Sons of the Desert

Strict31 wrote:I'm not sure that combining the nigh-uncontrollable power of LOLtron with the Nacireman is a good idea. Some years from now, when mankind is on the verge of extinction, we'll be able to look back and remember this moment, and say, "DANG."

Based on that, IF they want to find a new EIC I'd throw money at Millar or Loeb. Maybe Brubaker. They're already influencing the films and television shows to their respective companies benefits, maybe it's time DC stopped trying to cost cut and hire someone the market respond towards.

(For this instance I'm assuming Bendis is still under contract and Morrison won't come back)

Jay-Z would do a better job with running DC than Didio, Lee, Johns, and Harras combined.

"I have my heroes, but no one knows their names"- Sons of the Desert

Strict31 wrote:I'm not sure that combining the nigh-uncontrollable power of LOLtron with the Nacireman is a good idea. Some years from now, when mankind is on the verge of extinction, we'll be able to look back and remember this moment, and say, "DANG."

To bass, deciding to write and sell two television pilots you own for major TV networks instead of continuing to write the same corporate owned super hero you've written for 7 years constitutes a huff.

The saddest thing about this is that, as a reader and fan, I truly care about the properties of DC Comics. They're not "real," of course, but if you've read as much of their adventures over the years as some of us have, you really want to believe that these properties are in good hands.

But at DC...I don't know of too many folks who believe that is true. I don't, and won't, paint individuals with a broad brush, but this stuff isn't all that hard to see: DC's internal problems lead to dysfunction, negative publicity. You can overcome that with really strong stories, but I don't know that I've seen too many people who feel that DC's main line is something they can't do without fairly easily -- far too easily in a marketplace where good product can be found fairly easily.

Again, for me...it's sad. I wish DC was better, I wish talented creators gave more indications that they wanted to be involved with the company. But that hasn't been the case for awhile, and sadly, it doesn't appear that culture is changing anytime soon, if at all.

*Sniff, sniff* "Damn it, Diana...If I'd known they would trade us in for a JT Krul-written Captain Atom and "The Savage Hawkman," I'd have let Superboy-Prime destroy all reality."

"Superman flies and is really strong...what the fuck else do you need to know?!" -- Hitler, expressing his displeasure about DC rebooting and complaints about continuity

ElijahSnowFan wrote:Oh, yeah: I was going to pick up an Andy Diggle-written Action Comics. Now, I will not. So for anyone who thinks this stuff doesn't matter, it absolutely does.

Agreed, brother. Same sentiment for your previous post. I've loved DC since the early 80's. COIE got me fired up like nothing at the time. Yeah, there were some botches (ahem...Hawkman), but that was solid talent on some seriously good books. This....what's happening now??? It's really disheartening to see an old friend go down the drain. And that is exactly what this feels like.

fieldy snuts wrote:I think this is the first time in a thread where there are absolutely zero replies defending DC

Must mean Amoebas hasn't checked in yet.

"I have my heroes, but no one knows their names"- Sons of the Desert

Strict31 wrote:I'm not sure that combining the nigh-uncontrollable power of LOLtron with the Nacireman is a good idea. Some years from now, when mankind is on the verge of extinction, we'll be able to look back and remember this moment, and say, "DANG."